Parts Coordinator

Alta Equipment Group•Byron Center, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Alta Equipment Group is seeking a full-time Parts Coordinator for its Construction Equipment Group at the Byron Center, Michigan location. This is a union position represented by Operating Engineers Local 324. The Parts Coordinator processes parts purchases and sales, supports sales and department profitability, and helps ensure customer satisfaction. The role also involves receiving, organizing, picking, packaging, and preparing parts, maintaining department cleanliness, and assisting with physical inventory counts. The employee is expected to incorporate Alta’s Guiding Principles into daily work and maintain consistent, reliable attendance. The position calls for basic mechanical understanding and the ability to identify equipment parts, professional communication and phone skills, and basic reading, writing, math, and reasoning abilities. Forklift operation and hydraulic hose making are preferred. Physical demands include regular hand use and speaking/hearing; frequent sitting and lifting up to 25 pounds; occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting 26 to 100 or more pounds. The work environment occasionally involves proximity to moving mechanical parts.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Basic mechanical understanding and ability to identify by sight and name parts of an industry-related piece of equipment.
Excellent communication skills and professionalism.
Proper phone etiquette.
Basic ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; and present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
Basic math ability, including adding and subtracting two-digit numbers, multiplying and dividing with 10s and 100s, and using American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
Basic reasoning ability to follow detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including lifting up to 25 pounds frequently and 26 to 100 or more pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of previous heavy equipment, automotive, or truck parts counter experience.
Forklift operation experience.
Hydraulic hose-making experience.
Familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Epicor/Silk systems, and vendor web portals.

Responsibilities

Process parts purchases and sales.
Actively sell parts and ask for the sale.
Ensure profit levels meet department goals.
Ensure customer satisfaction, including satisfaction of internal customers.
Check in, unpack, and put away delivered parts.
Pick, package, and prepare parts for delivery.
Maintain department order and cleanliness.
Assist in physical inventory counts.
Incorporate Alta’s Guiding Principles into daily activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Maintain consistent, regular, and reliable attendance and be ready to work at the designated start time.